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Linux off-line mailing method (offline mailaddr with 1 account): Help! (sigh)

6. Help! (sigh)

Well, you need help - isn't :) ... hmm .. i could be sarcastic and just say "you could better do it again, 'coz it looks a messy enuf" - or .. i could help ... - I wrote down some common problems - IF you got any problem NOT listed in this HOWTO (section) - then mail me - and i'll put it in this howto even with your name/email addr in it :). **BEFORE** mailing to me - please look if you didn't forgot anything - and IF you want some help from me - send me the MOST DETAILED information - included the scripts & things you needed. i DON'T need any binaries - since i won't run them.

6.1 The automation script just doesn't work:

is it executable ?
is your (default shell) located at /bin/sh ?

6.2 What do you mean by "anonymous mailserver"?

Well, you could make accounts like "anon0001@yourdom.dom" - and forward it to another email address ... nobody needs to read the .procmailrc file, so YOU ONLY know the address !.

6.3 My cat died

Well, next time don't print this HOWTO out on 200 gram papers, since it are 10 pages it would be 2KG for the cat - it is JUST TOO HEAVY !

6.4 My dog died

hmm - can't do anything about that one - why askin' me ? ... Just bury it ....

6.5 Linux?

A free-unix - posix compatible - made by Linus Torvalds ... Why are you reading this if you even don't know what Linux is ?

6.6 Can you help me with finding a mail account?

No! - this is a howto for YOUR side, i don't care about the side of your isp, nor how to get your email address.

6.7 Why is the "maybe later i'll make some addition ..." removed ?

Read point 5.5 very carefully :) and you'll see why .. it's 'coz i needed to add it on general request :)

6.8 How do i get a "domain" ?

Ask your local ISP/provider - he will help you with it. It could take days/ even weeks when asking to the Internic - your provider can help.

6.9 Why are you so f*cking lame using this?

coz i don't want to spend money - and - 'coz i feel like being f*cking lame USING it - i *AM* using it - so why bother?

6.10 Nosuchuserfile?

You can put in it what you want - as long you put some "needed" info so the original writer knows what happened with his "never delivered" mail.

6.11 Can my users write/send mail too?

This has nothing to do with the system i explained to you, read the sendmail manual ... - this is to RECEIVE mail - to be "always available at an email address".

6.12 Does every user need a shell account at my server?

Nope .. - but - it will be really hard for users not having internet access :) ... You could have a masq'd network - and use a computer connected to it - so the users can get their mail that way, or you can generate a link between a bulletin board and his mail, you could even forward it to a fidonet gate :) ... reasons enough not to give a shell!.

6.13 skeletion?

i know it is a typo - but - i like this word better.

6.14 Addmail?

No questions - for automation - you better be sure about what you are going to do ... since - it COULD be a trojan ya know :))) (it isn't but what means you need to know what scripting is before asking questions) It IS easy enough to interprete - that's even why i put the comments with it. *IF* you are going to distribute this script - leave my Copyright in it please ! thanks :).

6.15 Why are you so cruel?

I am not cruel :) i am nice :) i am the nicest guy of the world, of the universe ! NOW SCRAM! (i just want to be complete in my HOWTO, and not TOO much "drifting away" from my original point in the doc - so :) that's all).

6.16 Didn't you get a complaint of excessive language ?

Not yet, but, could be i'm filtering everything containing 'excessive' and language :) i don't know :))

6.17 Why is this howto different than most others?

coz sometimes reading plain howto's CAN be boring ... i wanted to add something next to it ...

6.18 locally my domain works, but remote it seems not to receive

Check out your "sendmail.cw" file, since the domains NEED to be added in it !

6.19 My dog died

the rulesets don't work, i can't receive any mail, or sendmail dies Refer to the new section "new sendmail" - and disregard the old sendmail tricks. The newer sendmail should be easier to use with virtual domains.


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